Apparel hanger



Dec. 25, 1928. 1,696,753

E. H, CLARKE APPAREL HANGER Original Filed Feb. 18, 1926 Patented Dec. 25, 1928.

UNITED v STATES,

PATENT OFFICE- EDWARD n. CLARKE, or PEORIA, ILnrNoIs.

APPAREL HANGER.

Application filed February 18, 1926, Serial No. 89,087. Renew ed April 13, 1928.

My invention relates to a wall hook upon which to hang wearing apparel such as coats, hats and the like.

More particularly the invention has to do with agarment supporting hook of a type intended to be secured upon a wall or other support, the same to include a coat hanger asa part thereof.

The main object of my invention is to provide a device of the nature described constructed from a single section of ductile metal, a coat hanger portion to be formed therewith.

Another object is that of providing a garment support of a single section of ductile metal for attachmentto awall or other part, the same to include, in addition to a hook for holding a hat for example, a portion upon which to suspend a coator similar article of apparel, such portion having a form adapted to v hold the said coat in its proper and natural position as when worn upon the person. v

Still another object is to provide, as an article of manufacture, a garment support that can be bent into the desired form one machine, or upon a jig, the same to include a coathanging portion as an integral partthereof. V A

In order that my invention may be clearly understood in all of its details I have provided the appended drawing forming part hereof illustrating a preferred form, though it is to be understood that minor changes may be made therein such as may be consid ered to fall within the meaning of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device of my invention.

Figure 2 shows a portion of ahat-hook as it may be formed, and

Figure 3 shows a coat-hanger portion in perspective.

I am fully aware that garment or apparel iangers for attachment to walls and other supports are not new even when including a coat or wrap hanger portion but in addition to the fact that as constructed the known types are necessarily expensive due to the method of their manufacture, the coat hanger portion has not been of a form to properly carry the garment for holding it in the best shape since not entirely conforming to the shape of the collar and shoulder portions of such garment by which it is suspended.

My purpose therefore is to so construct the garment hanger that it will more nearly conform to the shape of the garment, and also to produce the entire device of a single length orsection of ductile wire twisted upon itself and since so made bringing the cost of production to a point whereit will be read ly salable but above all making a thoroughly strong and rigid article not likely to giveunder the weight likely to be im posedupon it. 7

H 111 the figures of the drawing 1 shows the wire one end of which, in the present instance, is provided withscrew threads 2 by which it maybe screwed into a wall or other support, not shown. ,Said wire is looped upon ltself, or recurved, as shown to. form a lower hook or arm portion indicated in general by the cha'ract'er 3, the two portions of the wire thus disposed being areferab'ly twisted together, that portion of the wire brought back or recurved being designated at 4;. Said hook or, arm is preferably bent substantially at right angles to thet'h'readed extremity described to bear or rest against the wall as a support therefor. Said arm is then bent or curved in the direction of and closely approaches a line drawn through and paralleling the described threaded ex tremity, the twist of the two wires of, the arm terminating some distance from the looped extremity thereof at 5. The wires of said loop are separated widely and bent to form separate loops 7, one lying at each side of the twisted portion of the arm, and both approaching a plane lying at right angles to the said twisted portion but inclined toward the base of the hook, substantially as shown, the middle portion of the wire between the loops being preferably bent or curved in close proximity to said twisted part of the arm as shown at 6, though this is more choice, but bent up in the general form described the coat hanger portion is provided.

The wire 4 of the arm 3 is carried around the base of the threaded extremity already described being then bent away therefrom, said wire being doubled upon itself, or recurved, the two portions being twisted together and bent into an arm 8 curved away from the arm 3, but in the same plane therewith, the immediate extremity of such arm having a flat loop formed therein, as 9, forming a hat support, for example, it being noted that the said arm 8 and the coat hanger portion are properly spaced in order that a coat or similar garment may be readily placed upon such hanger.

The whole structure is thoroughly staunch and rigid and serves the dual purpose of a hat and coat hanger, although the hat hook 8 may not be used in some instances, the extension 4: of the wire 1 where it takes a turn around the said threaded extremity terminating substantially at that point, the coat hanger portion only remaining.

I do not confine myself, therefore, to the exact form shown, and described at length, prefering to make slight changes therein to suit the desires or taste.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, an apparel hanger comprising a wire having one end constituting a support engaging screw, an upper arm extending substantially in alinement with said screw and having that end portion opposite from said screw ex tending upwardly out of said alinement and terminating in a support for hats comprising a loop which extends in substantially horizontal plane transverse to said upper arm, and a lower arm constituting a coat hanger and comprising said wire extending first downwardly at right angles to saic screw, secondly thence outwardly, and thirdly thence upwardly and terminating in a comparatively broad second loop as compared to said first loop and constituting a garment support for holding the shoulders of a coat, which extends in a plane transverse to the line of said lower arm, said second loop being supported midway of its ends at its forward edge and thence extending diagonally downwardly and rearwardly with a free and unsupported edge of said loop located between said first downwardly extending and said third upwardly extending portions of said lower arm, all of said upper and said lower arms with the exception of each of said loop portionsbeing of a plurality of twisted strands of said wire.

2. As an article of manufacture a single piece wire apparel hanger including a support engaging screw element at one end of the wire, an arm depending from the line of said screw and having first portion extending at right angles to said screw, a second portion continuing from said first portion and extending outwardly from said first portion, and a third portion continuing from said first portion and extending upwardly and continued laterally on either side of said upwardly extending portion, said laterally extending portions constituting the side elements of a coat support, said coat support of said side elements comprising a comparatively broad loop to serve as a coat hanger and which extends in a plane transverse to the line of said arm and being supported midway of its ends at its forward edge and thence extending diagonally downwardly and rearwardly with a free and unsupported edge located between said first portion and said third portion of said arm, the front uppermost edges of said loop extending in a curve radually inclined downwardly approaching the opposite end portions thus to conform to the curvature of the shoulder portion of a coat, all of said arm with the exception of said loop portion being of a plurality of twisted strands of said wire.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature EDW'ARD H. CLARKE. 

